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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-01
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest From Both Sides
of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

The Missoula public schools will open
October 1st.
Benton is to be written up in the West
Shore, of Portland.
G. W. Dickinson has been appointed
superintendent of the Montana Union.
Workmen are engaged in repairing the
dam at Great Falls, part of which was
washed away during the high water.
The gross earnings of the n. P. for the
year ending June Both, 1887, were S12,-
1894 an increase Of 81, ,058,921 over the
previous year.
The Union Pacific has placed on sale
thousand-mile tickets at cents mile,
and thousand-mile baggage tickets at
discount Of 12115 per cent. from present
baggage rate.
New Northwest: Hunters report grouse
very scarce this season, the cause assign
ed being the hard winter and deep snow
in the mountains, as also the wet spring
caused by the melting snow.
About 200 bridge carpenters will soon
be at work finishing up the trestles and
the bridges on the arysville branch Of
the Northern Pacific, SO as to get it into
ion ac coor, oc pneoi1,1o
New Northwest: When the Manitoba
completes the Montana extension there
will be magnificent through train run
from st. Paul to Great Falls and after
wards to Helena. The company has
twenty new coaches and eight sleepers
with which to equip the new trains.
Independent: The Capital Guards
under the command OF Capt. Geo. ".
Gibbs, attended the fair yesterday in a
body puaenpted .and. ~f'1llunforrn and
a very handsome appearance and showed
a creditable quality of drill and discl-
pline.
The story comes down from the Ma
tional Park that Hon. E. G. Waters,
councilman from Yellowstone county,
and manager of the hotel service OF the
Park, has been notified to leave on or be-
fore September 18th, by Captain Harris
military superintendent Of the Park. The
cause of this summary action is said to
be the fact that Waters deceived Captain
Harris in the matter of the removal of a
man named Haraden from superintend-
ing the Falls hotel.
Two hundred and fifty persons assem-
bled at the Merchants Hotel, in Helena
last Friday evening to participate IN the
BANQUET given to the pioneers of Mon
tana, the occasion being the celebration
of the second anniversary Of the society
A large number of ladies were present
adding JOY and beauty to the scene, ane
the festivities were such as to delight the
hearts Of the old and rugged MEMBERS
in whose honor the banquet was given.
Last Friday at the Helena races Id
: Glenn came in first but it was afterward
discovered that she was short weighted
which by rule would have given the rae
to Susie, who came in second, but tn
judges, suspecting some crooked work
declared the race off and Joe Woolmar
who had bis money on Susie was openl
' accused of completely in the affair by A
) J. Davidson, president of the association
t Woolman denies the charges and call
! for an investigation which he will prot
. ably get.
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NOTICE.
CONSUMERS OF WATER,
Are notified that all rates must be paid prompt
ly by the Goth of each month All persons using
water from the Company's hydrants and not pay
ing therefor will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law.
VIM. r. ALLISON. Supt. and Collector
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Entered the postoifice at Philipshrrg, Deer
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A motor line is proposed from San
Diego, Cal, to Ju.ian-55 miles.
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IKE y. SMITH,
ACCIDENT INSURANCE.

L a z n. SMITH,
ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
All indemnities paid through E. Z. Lesset, at
the Granite osca; Ch;s. E. Gable, of the Sydney:
Engene Smith, Of the San Francisco and MI G.
Stevens Of the Hope, Accident policies OF all
occupations written up. No delay in getting your
pay for accidents. Walter Natheson, state agent,
Helena, Mont.
T. fGE.sU.a,s IT. Forrest T:;.zs
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THE SALE OF THE
TREASURY STOCK
Con.
MINING COMPANY
Will Begin on Aug. Is
THE OFFICE OF JOHN W. DAWSON,
P!,ilipsburs, Montana.
The property is stocked for 3OO,OOO
shares, par value of $40 each. Fifty
thousand shares are set aside as Treas
7rv Stock, to be used for development
purposes.
The Directors OF the Company at their
last meeting authorized sale OF 5,O0O
shares of the stock, to be placed upon
the market at the rate of fifty cents per
share.
| The location of this splendid propert
is about four miles east of Granite Noun
tain. in granite formation. Machinery
is now at work on the ground. A shaft
is down sixty feet and shows well-de-
fined vein.
Owing to the limited amount of stock
offered for sale, parties desiring to invest
can subscribe for stock from this date
and their orders will be given preference
| Orders By mail or telegraph promptly
++tt1z.t,ad 10.
! - 49,. - !. "a asz -~AA1
PH1L1PIBURG, Mont, .
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T.. .. AUSTIN,
ASSAY OFFICE,
Samples NAV be left at the telephone
office or at the ASSAY Office near site OF
the new depot.
rncryea Moderate. Prompt Returns
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
She Bought a Ticket

Il came down here to go out on the
Lansing train" she said to Officer But
ton at the Third street depot yesterday
morning. as she held sachel in one
hand and an umbrella in the other.
"Yes'm-train goes in thirteen min
utes."
''How are the stoves in the cnrs?'
Perfectly safe. ma'am- All the cars
on that road can roll over twice and
not take fire."
bridges safe?''
Entirely SO. The bridge inspector
has just finished his trip"
Don't the rails ever spread on that
road?"
Never"
Elbow is it about collisions?"
''They don't have any,"
'.Any chance for some other train to
run into the rear cld Cf ours:?"
Not Bit
''Well, l don't know but I'll take the
risks and 60, but don't want YOU to
understand that if any thing does hap
ped by which am killed off my old
man won't take cent less than 81, 600.
and mebbe he'll want the burial ex-
penses to boot. Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
A SLY AND SECRET FOE.
An Incident Where Bad Water Made III
Mark a. Plainly ~ = Bullet.

Impairment of vitality is the funda.
mental cause of most complaints, and
the effects of bad water and air mostly
turn up in that way, at distance from
their cause, in forms that rarely betray
or suggest their real ultimate parent
age. Few but feel unwell sometimes,
or have sickness in their families; but
the immediate and secondary cause, a
little exposure. or fatigue. or indiges-
ton. or epidemic influence, accounts foa
it. and nobody thinks of inquiring why
vitality was not sufficient to repel the
attack as it ought to do. Hence, nine.
ty-nine in hundred people are insen.
sible to the dangers Of an unwhOlesOme
water supply. because in ninety-nine
cases out Of a hundred its effects are
not visibly connected with their cause,
or are thrown off by constitutional
viger for a time. Thousands of soldiers
go through scores of battles unhurt,
and thousands of persons triumph
long in their tobacco habit, their
whisky habit or their bad-water habit.
Those that perish are forgotten and
the survivors laugh at warning.
In February. the writer drew from a
Croton water pipe in the city Of New
York pail of water that exhaled .
most offensive stencil. This. although
not an uncommon incident with Gro
ton water, is not so common as it il
with Newark water and that Of many
other places, where the stencil is we'll
nigh regular. especially in summer.
The stencil can mean nothing else but
organic corruption, in other words,
poison, but we ..still live," and so it is
healthy. The reasoning is as stupid as
that of the old woman who pinRed her
faith on the month of February. be-
cause, she said. she had noticed that il
she lived through that month she al
ways lived through the rest of the year.
Nevertheless. those who laugh at the
one absurdity stick to the other.
But an incident occurs now and then
where bad water makes its mark as
plainly rs bullet. A friend of the
writer few days ago related case OF
this sort that came under his own OBJ
servation in Newark. n. J. A gentle
mans little son suffered from chronic
intestinal disorder, for which many
remedies, medicinal and hygienic. had
been tried in vain, and his life was
rapidly and surely wearing away. At
last the doctor bethought him of the
corruptions of the Passaic water, and
by his advice the family moved to q
more wholesome supply. The child at
once began to mend, and was soon 70.
stored to health.-Sanit0sy Era
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
GODS ALMONER.

There Is . time-worn provefb,
A wise old saw. ween:
. BEST is the man who maketh grow
Two blades ofliying green
On arid glebe or bleak highway,
Where only one had been"
Tut thrice benefactor,
And thrice supremacy blest,
Is he who shares his scanty hoard
And giyeth OF his best,
II but gleam Of giadness dropt
Into . darkened breast
* may Re but hand-c!asp
A smile, a word Of cheer,
That for one golden moment hfts
The clouds OF doubt and fear.
And shews some aching heart that sim
: Gods helpful love is near.
Inviting Of the holy deed
OF kindness, he maygo
Upon his way, while all the CLEANS
OF scattered sunshine grow.
That by and by shall be alamp
Unto his feet, know,
When, shrinking and afraid, they tread
The valley dark and low.
%, there are hearts responding
And aching everywhere.
A touch. word Of ours, may lift
The burden OF despair;
And one day we may learn. amid
The raptTres over There,
How with sweet aims We crossed the palm
OF angels unaware
-EnaUd 4. Brown, in ~ 7. Ledger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Joseph Howard, Jr., win write an
anecdotal life of Beecher.
-Wilkie Collins was paid Sc. 900 for
"Armadale'' before line Of the book
was written.
The King Of Denmark has two I'M
mense dogs, which are his constant
companions during his walks and ram
bles. Chicago Herald
Mr.. John Wanamaker. Of Phila-
delphia, carries $500, 900 insurance ON
his life. j. b. StetsOn $515,OOO. and
Hamilton Disston $500. 600
Italy is to have = new review. given
exclusively to the discussion of femi-
nine interests. Fanny Zampini Sails
faro is to be the editor Of the periodical
st Louis RepUbliean.
The eldest son Of the German
Crown Prince is such an intense parti-
san and hater of France that he refuses
even to drink champagne and will
drink only German wines
in the Greville memoirs it is said
that the Prince of Wales, when boy,
was an exact observer Of truth. Hs
wanted to become familiar with its ap-
pearance. so that he would be able to
tell it when he grew up.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The International Jury appointed
by the King Of the Belgians to award
his Majesty's prize of $4,000 francs
(f1.OOO for the best work on the
means of popularizing the study and
developing the teaching of geography.
has awarded it to the mem DIRE of No.
T." of which the author is Prof. Anton
Staubers. of the Royal Gymnasium Of
Augsburg.
Harriet Beechcr Stowe has two
daughters. by no means youthful. who
have never married. They are both ex-
eeedingly retiring in manner and ara
seldom met in society. They are some
times seen on the streets of Hartford,
each leading a pet dog. Though schOl-
arly and well read. they have produced
nothing in literature which has at
tracted attention.
Another change in the tastes OF
the book-loving public has been dis
covered by the acute publishers. In
stead Of the dry character-picturing
fiction. the age demands more vigor-
Gus and more imaginative form of lit
erature. The demand is for novels of
incident, novels of the romantic school.
A novel must be extremely good 81
which ten thousand copies are sold.
Rev. Alexander Cromwell. rector
of St. Luke's p f. Church in Washing
ton, is one of the most learned colored
men in the country. When he desired
to study for holy orders he applied at
Kenyon College. Gambler, o., but was
refused admission. He made applica-
tons elsewhere. which were equally I'M
successful. He finally went to Oxford.
Eng, and there took full course. He
is an eloquent preacher, and his con-
gregation embraces a large number Of
prominent colored citizens.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The number of feminine students
In the colleges of the United States j,
estimated at $4,000.
The average age of those who en-
ter college in this country is seventeen
A century ago it was fourteen.
| A conference has been organized
in China by Bishop Wilson of the
Southern Methodist Church. Christian
at Work.
The officers of the China Inland
Mission hope to send out hundred
new missionaries to China this year
n. Y Witness.
The Chinese Testament revised
by Rev. Griffith John. has just beer
published, and the demand for parts Of
this version averages nearly LOCO copie:
per day.
"A gift of $1o.e toward a new Ii.
brary building by Mrs. Thomas IL
Powers and her daughter, Mrs. Mary
P. Harris. has been accepted by the
University of Pennsylvania.-Cincin'
natl Times.
The late John NJ. George. of Phil
adelphia, bequeathed $50. 600 to various
local charities. and the remainder Of
his estate for the erection of a board
ing-school for the education of children
of members OF the Society of Friends.
The sixty-first birthday of DR.. How
ard Crosby fell on the Sabbath. and his
church on Fourth avenue, New York,
| celebrated it in wise but novel man
ner by contributing 81. 900 to the Board
of Home Missions. United Prestyte-
| ridn.
The board of missions of the Epis.
copal Church has received during the
past year the sum of $500, 900 from the
estate of the late William H. Wander
bilt for permanent investment, the in.
terest of which (about $4,000 annu
ally) is to be equally divided between
home and foreign missions.
According to the Missionary Re.
ciew there are now 35 Women's For
eign Missionary Societies, with II. 76:
auxiliaries and 1854 Children's Bands
They employ $50 missionaries and
1,644 Bible-readers and teachers. have
1869 pupils in their 1901 schools
and have an income of 81. 167. O7S.67.
The English Catholic directory
| shows that there are now $500. OO(
Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland.
The Catholic population of Scotland
alone is $4,000. there being 220, OO(
Catholics in the archdiocese of Glas.
gov. The Catholic population of En-
gland is over 100000. The Catholic
| population of the British Empire is
more than 100000. The total mum.
Der of Roman Catholic Bishops in the
world is 1,1S7.
Mr.. g. R. Sims. whose vivid de
scription of the misery of the slums in
the east of London directed special at
tention to them. has recently visited
them again, and finds great improve.
ment through the influence of religion
and temperance. He gives this graft
flying testimony: I'm places where q
few years ago was received in much
the same spirit as the cannibals of the
Pacific Islands were wont to display
when a white stranger landed on their
shores, l found courteous welcome
from both men and women.-N \
| Witness
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
"A .uner.refined YOUNG lady ente,

"A super-refined young lady entered
a St Louis dry-goods store the other
day. and asked to be shown some
"dignifers. The foor-walker started
up the center aisle in complete state
OF bewilderment as to what she want
ed. At length he p!ucked up courage
enough to request the fair customer to
be little more explicit, as he was is
norant of what she meant by "digni-
fiers." With look of scorn she re-
piled: "Bustles. sir.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

The recent failure of glue factory
in Cincinnati has cast q giuem over the
community. The extraordinary pres
surs on tie hsmer Market and the
smaH supply above ground Just new
i osr only ezcuzc tsx thiE-Puek
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
HUMOROUS.

New Boarder Ito roommate) -
what does all that pounding mean
downstairs" Old Boar,ler (hungrily)
STEAK for breakfast"
In the Police Court. Judge
''What is your occupation" Prisoner
I'm a poet. your honor" Judge
"Here. Mr.. Officer. take this prisoner
before the grard jury" Washington
Critic.
A New Way to Serve Them
Countryman-.'Guess I'll try some Of
these here vegetable oysters" Waiter
Yes. SIR Countryman land
say. waiter, bring 'em in on the half
shell. "-Tid-Bits.
Mrs. ieast-"This is very nice
cake. Did you get the recipe out of .
Cookbook Miss Fussanfeather-
mo; made it out of my head" Mrs
Yeast-"You don't say so! 1t is GER
tainly very light"
-Parson-"HOw did you like my
sermon this morning?" Parishioner-
TOO long" Parson-'.Dear me, I'm
sorry" Parishioner-"Soa am /. II l
sleep five minutes over my usual time
it gives me a horrible headache. lid
Bits.
-rhe Pesky Flea
The crickets legs are built TO hop
The grAsshopper can beat him
But pesky deas mile can pop
On to man and eat him
Whitehall Times
An Unfortunate Admission.-Gar-
rulous drummer at Van Ness House to
waiter girl who is serving him at break
fast-..You don't look so smiling a.
usual What's the matter-washing
day?" Waiter Girl Gndlgnantly)-
mo, sir! / never wash. "-Burlington
Free Press.
After the honeymoon: Two young
wives are talking of their husbands
''You can't imagine" said one. ''whae
. stupid blockhead Charles is?'' "And
Henryr' calculated the other. why.
his head must be made of wood. or
something harder. for plates and dish
es break on it with as little difficulty -
the sea upon = rock."-French Fun.
Mrs Fortuneseeker had been hint
ing to Judge B.. who is old and rich.
that her daughter would make him =
good and loving wife. "She- is very
much in love with you. Judge" said
the lady, SUCCESSFULLY. Il am sorry.
but can not reciprocate the affection
of young lady who shows such bad
TASTE" replied the old judge. reaching
for his hat and cane.-Shoe and Leather
Reporter.
1--we had two kinds of wives"
remarked twice-married man. 1.-The
first was one of those timid creatures
who would swoon away at the sight of q
mouse, while the second was altogeth-
er different But if she saw a mouse
in the room. instead of grabbing tho
poker and killing it ike a man. she
would chase it all around and upset tha
furniture trying to catch it between =
pair Of tongueA "-ExcA0nge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

The people of Cotton. Cal. have
printed signs placed all over the
depots at that place. bearing this sem
tence: stop at Cotton. where there
is NO mud"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

Dir: Cotton. a New YsFt, whom in
C.liforni. in "a, used to get an ounce
of gold ($faD ssr sseu tsoth be pulled
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

lethargic in its habits of all fishes.
1t has wide geographical range. be-
ing found in many seas. Of the New
England coast it is often seen, rolling
to and fro on the top Of the water, and
in this way small ones are sometimes
seized and lifted into boats with hardly
any resistance. They are very fond Of
rolling on the surface. or lying fat
upon it for hours. basking in the sun;
and perhaps from this habit it has
gained its name in this country.
The sunfishes found in the Mediter-
ranean Sea are called moonfishes by
the sailors-perhaps. as has been sug-
gested. for their form or shape, but
chiefly because they often present the
appearance of pale, luminous spheres
or moons under water. This is due to
their luminous properties Probably
the jelly-like covering with which they
are envelOped becomes phosphorescent
and gives them the remarkable appear
ance for which they are noted.
As common as the sunfishss are, but
little is known of their habits or food.
1t is presumed that they eat Jelly
fishes, but the powerful. pincer-fiks
teeth seem to point to different diet
Several kinds are known, and the
young are quite different from the
adults in shape. They are entirely un-
fit. for food-the fishermen bringing
them in for the larger liver. which
they use for variety of purposes
Prof c. +. Hold<s. IN Golden DaHA
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-02-03
WHY CANNOT MANY DO so?

1t is claimed that the chances are
largely against money making by till
ing the soil under the present order
of things. As a matter of fact, the
larger number of those who are try
ing it are falling farther and farther
back every year. But we hear now
and then of one who is making farm
ing a decided success-who is i'm
proving his condition at rapid rate.
Ever and anon, it is reported through
the papers that this or that farmer
has been blessed with large yield as
the result of well directed effort
and then we learn occasionally that
the hireling of few years ago is the
hirer of many laborers. These in
stances prove that it is not impossi-
BILE to make money, with free labor
and cotton at low figures. With skill
and economy and energy the thing
may be done. The question presents
itself why it is done by so few. In
the cases that prosper, it is not
diseernible that there are any excep-
tional advantages in their favor.
They do not find richer lands or Sc
cure more efficient labor. They do
not possess any power of attracting
the clouds to dispense showers upon
their fields. In all these particulars
they are neither more nor less favor.
ed than others. The difference lies
chiefly in the faith and the will. A
great many of our young men who
engage in farming start out with the
conviction on their minds that they
are going to fail, and as a matter o.
course they do fail. They 90 at it il
a faint-hearted, loose handed way
that makes success almost an imposi
bility. They have no faith in them.
selves, and no one has any in them
Few OF them have money and quite
as few inspire the confidence which
renders capitalists willing to risk ad
vances. There never was tim,
when young man who eyinces de
termination, energy and shrewdnes'
could command a larger or reader
credit than now. Some who have
little save these qualities to pledg'
are procuring loans with judiciou
management, may make them mas
tiers OF independent fortunes. Why
cannot many do so? Simply as W,
think, because our young men ar,
distrustful of themselves. Had they
more faith in their own abilities, they
would be more astir in enterprise,
and this would beget a stronger con
fidence on the part Of others in theil
future.